Newfoundland and Labrador has reported two new deaths due to COVID-19 in the last week.
Both people were in their 80’s or older and living in the Eastern Health region. The Provincial Government updated its COVID dashboard this afternoon.
The update comes just two hours before Dr. Fitzgerald is set to deliver an update on vaccination plan for the province.
The province also reported 116 more of COVID-19 cases in the last week : 22 on Thursday, 21 on Friday, 14 on Saturday, 13 on Sunday, 8 on Monday, 14 on Tuesday, and 24 on Wednesday today.
Hospitalizations have risen slightly from 3 to 4 since last week’s update. There is no one in critical care.
NL’s total of deaths since the pandemic hit in March 2020 is now 236.
The total numbers don’t reflect the true spread of the virus since the province only counts positive cases from tests administered by it’s health authorities.
Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Janice Fitzgerald will hold an update on the provinces plans for the rollout of the new bivalent vaccine that offers protection from the Omicron variant this afternoon at 2pm.
VOCM and NTV radio’s news will carry that announcement live at 2pm.